(Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Interview with Sgt Timothy B. Keady, USMC, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); Interview with HM3 Frank V. Calzia, USN, dtd Mar68, No. 2621 (Oral History Collection, HistBr, HQMC); LCpl Michael A. Barry, USMC, Interview with HistBr dtd 17Feb69; Cornelius D. Sullivan, =et al.=, =The Vietnam War: Its Conduct and Higher Direction= (Washington, D. C.: The Center For Strategic Studies, Georgetown University, 1968) (U), hereafter Sullivan, =et al.=, =The Vietnam War=; Bernard B. Fall, =The Two Viet-Nams= (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965 ed.) (U); Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., USMC, =Soldiers of the Sea= (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute 1962 ed.) (U); Capt Ken Kashiwahara, USAF, "Lifeline to Khe Sanh," =The Airman=, v. XII, no. 7 (Jul68) (U), hereafter Kashiwahara, "Lifeline to Khe Sanh"; =Washington Star=, 25May68, p. 13 (Early Bird) (U); =Washington Star=, 9Jun68, p. 1-E (Early Bird); =Baltimore Sun=, 25May68, p. 2 (Early Bird) (U). All documentary material cited is located in the HistBr, G-3 Division, HQMC and, unless otherwise noted, carries an overall classification of Secret. FOOTNOTES: (1) Major John J. Cahill, USMC and Jack Shulimson, "History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in Vietnam, Jan-Jun65," pp. 67, 68, 126 (S). (2) =FMFPac=, =Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Jun67, pp. 5-12 (S). (3) =Ibid.= (4) =3d MarDiv CmdChron=, Oct68, p. 11 (S). (5) =FMFPac=, =Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Mar67, p. 15 (S). (6) =3d Marines Khe Sanh AAR=, p. 7 (S); Bernard B. Fall, =The Two Viet-Nams= (New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1965 ed.), p. 3. (7) =Westmoreland Comments.= (8) =3d Marines=, =Khe Sanh AAR=, p. 12 (S). (9) Lieutenant General Lewis W. Walt Interview with Historical Branch dtd 17Dec68 and 14Jan69 (S). (10) =3d Marines, Khe Sanh AAR=, pp, 7-30 (S). (11) =Ibid.= (12) =Ibid.=, pp. 32-33 (S). (13) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, May67, p. 11 (S). (14) =Ibid.=, pp. 7-10, 19 (S). (15) =FMFPac HistSum=, pp. 7-17 (S). (16) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Jul67, pp. 9-13 (S). (17) =Ibid.= (18) =FMFPac Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Sep67, pp. 52-73 (S); =3d MarDiv ComdChron=, Sep67, p. 25 (S); Chaisson Comments; Personal observations of the author. (19) =Westmoreland Comments=; =Metzger Comments=. (20) =FMFPac=, =Marine Opns in Vietnam=, Oct67, pp. 24-36 (S). (21) =Metzger Comments.= (22) =26th Marines CmdChron=, May67, p. 4 (S). (23) =Ibid.= (24) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Jun67, p. 4 (S). (25) =Ibid.=, Jul67, p. 4 (S). (26) Col Lownds tape No. 801 674/4 (S); =26th Marines CmdChron=, Aug67, p. 4 (S); =Metzger Comments=. (27) =Wilkinson Comments.= (28) Col Lownds Tape No. 801 674/4 (S); =26th Marines CmdChron=, Aug67, p. 4 (S), =Brown Comments=. (29) =26th Marines CmdChron=, Nov67, p. 4 (S). (30) =Cushman Comments=; =Hoffman Comments=.